A former Alabama governor who resigned amid a sex scandal has opened a new dermatology office.
The Tuscaloosa News reports former Gov. Robert Bentley’s new location opened Friday in Tuscaloosa. He previously practiced in another site.
Bentley is a longtime dermatologist who entered politics.
He resigned from office in 2017 as part of a deal in which he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor campaign-finance violations, agreed to never hold public office, and had to forfeit about $36,000 from his campaign account.
Bentley was accused of having an extramarital affair with a key staffer and using public resources to cover it up.
An Alabama House Judiciary Committee report says Bentley texted heart-eye emojis to Rebekah Caldwell Mason using his ex-wife’s iPad and threatened the first lady’s staff to keep the affair secret.
Republished with the permission of the Associated Press.
